The first big blow of heads-up goes to Matt Kirby.
Kirby moved all-in preflop for his remaining 2,185,000 chips and Michael Esquivel made the call. It turned into a race with Kirby showing ![qs](/images/pokercards/qs.gif)
against the ![6d](/images/pokercards/6d.gif)
of Esquivel. Kirby caught up on the ![3d](/images/pokercards/3d.gif)
![7s](/images/pokercards/7s.gif)
flop and the board ran out ![8h](/images/pokercards/8h.gif)
doubling up Kirby. Kirby now trails Esquivel by the slightest of margins with Esquivel at 5,000,000 and Kirby at 4,440,000.